Red rhododendrons feature heavily at the Manderley estate in Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel, Rebecca. Although the titular dead wife and her belongings smell like azaleas, the new Mrs. de Winter is as overwhelmed by the rhododendrons as she is by Rebecca's lingering presence at her husband's home.
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